Chehalis Basin Partnership Meeting Notice and Agenda

DATE:                   Friday March 28, 2008

TIME:                     9:30am to 12:15p.m.

LOCATION:         Chehalis Tribe “Lucky Eagle” Casino (Directions on Back)          

A.  General Partnership Business	Estimated start time	Discussion Lead
1.  Welcome, introductions and roundtable comments	9:30 am	Chair Bonnie Canaday
2.  Discuss and adopt draft meeting summaries for January 25^th  and February 22^nd meetings	9:40 am	Chair

ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN AT THIS MEETING:

· Amend or Accept Meeting Summary

B.  Special Projects and Presentations	WMP or DIP Implemented	Estimated Start Time	Discussion Lead
1.  Watershed Facilitator-update regarding the hiring process	WMP and DIP	9:45am	Randy Lehr
1.   Anatomy and Outcomes of the December Storm Hydrology Hot wash-condensed version · Summarize December Event · FEMA Flood Study Centralia Flood Control Project –Overview and Q & A.	WMP and DIP	9:55am 10:00am 11:00am	Mark Swartout Dr. Patricia Olson, DOE Jeff Johnson NW Hydraulics Consulting Laura Orr, US Army Corps of Engineers

ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN AT THIS MEETING:

• Suggestion or concurrence regarding hiring process for the watershed facilitator
• Direction from the CBP regarding future topics for discussion regarding flooding

C. Closing comments, Discuss agenda for April Meeting      12:00pm

D. Chair Adjourns Meeting                                                                       12:15 pm

DIRECTIONS

From I-5 - Take Exit 88.  Go West on Route 12 toward Rochester.  Drive through Rochester and continue 8 miles west until you see the signs for the Chehalis Tribal Center/Lucky Eagle Casino (Anderson Road).   Turn left onto Anderson Road and go straight until you reach the stop sign at the intersection of 188^th Ave. SW.  Turn left on 188^th Ave SW to the Chehalis Lucky Eagle Casino.

From Route 8 - Take Route 12 exit.  Drive through Oakville and continue east 5 miles until you see the signs for the Chehalis Tribal Center/Lucky Eagle Casino (Anderson Road).   Turn right onto Anderson Road and go straight until you reach the stop sign at the intersection of 188^th Ave. SW.  Turn left on 188^th Ave SW to the Chehalis Lucky Eagle Casino.

Useful Web Sites

http://www.co.grays-harbor.wa.us/info/pub_svcs/ChehalisBasin/Index.html	Documents produced for the CBP are available here
http://salmon.scc.wa.gov/LFInquiry.html?id=22	A summary of the Chehalis Basin Limiting Factors Analysis is available here, along with information on how to order the complete report.
http://www.iac.wa.gov	Salmon Recovery Funding Board
www.crcwater.org	This is an excellent site that provides a lot of information and links to other sites.  It posts the Chehalis Basin Partnership meeting agendas and summaries
http://wa.water.usgs.gov/projects/chehalis/	Chehalis Basin site sponsored by USGS
http://www.nws.usace.army.mil/Public_Template/Display/More_Hot_Topics.cfm?recno=68	Centralia Flood Damage Project

Attachments included with this mailing:

· Meeting Summaries for February 22, 2008 CBP , February 7^th and March 6^th, STC and January 10^th and February 14^th  Water Quality Committee